Parasite Prevalence Estimates with Posterior Intervals

Estimated overall prevalence percentages for parasite presence across sampled regions. Summaries include the mean, median, and 2.5% and 97.5% posterior interval bounds. The dataset was authored by Stephanie M. Wu and last updated on 2026-06-04.

Use Cases

• Modeling regional disease burden based on estimated prevalence percentages
• Comparing posterior uncertainty intervals across different parasite species
• Analyzing data completeness issues based on the described missingness patterns for H. nana and S. mansoni

Strengths

• Includes posterior interval bounds (2.5% and 97.5%) for prevalence estimates.
• Explicitly documents missing data patterns for specific parasites and regions.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Stephanie M. Wu via figshare

Collection Method

Parasite presence was defined as a binary variable from stool sample analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 17:40:36

Geography

Sampled regions include the northeast, but specific locations are not detailed.